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CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US
CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US
Barack Obama has been warned by the CIA that British Islamist extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland security.
U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre 'Decimated'
U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre 'Decimated'
npr.org — Tom Gjelten Morning Edition , February 3, 2009 CIA-directed airstrikes against al-Qaida leaders and facilities in Pakistan... over the past six to nine months have been so successful, according to senior U.S. officials, that it is now possible to ... (more) U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre 'Decimated'
CIA nominee Panetta: 'We've got to move forward'      (AP)
CIA nominee Panetta: 'We've got to move forward' (AP)
news.yahoo.com — AP - The man nominated to head the CIA, Leon Panetta, says it's time for the agency... to move ahead, not to dwell on the harsh treatment of foreign detainees in the previous administration. (more) CIA nominee Panetta: 'We've got to move forward' (AP)
Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing
politico.com — Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room... G-50 in the Dirksen Building. There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a ... (more) Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing
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CIA: "The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably al-Qaeda's best mechanism for launching an attack against North America"
Jihad Watch — Obama and Panetta: on the case The chickens of Eurabia could well come home to roost in the United States. "CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US," by Tim Shipman in the Telegraph, February 7 (thanks to Alan): American spy chiefs have told the President that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in the UK to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain. They believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering ...

WHERE ARE MOST JIHADOTERRORIST THREATS TO THE USA COMING FROM? THE TRIBAL REGIONS OF... BRITAIN!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERSTELEGRAPH: Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer who has advised Mr Obama, told The Sunday Telegraph: "The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably al-Qaeda's best mechanism for launching an attack against North America. "The American security establishment believes that danger continues and there's very intimate cooperation between our security services to monitor that." Mr Riedel, who served three presidents as a Middle East expert on the White House National Security Council, added: "President Obama's national ...

The Sunday Best....
Theo Spark — ... surrender - I saw no roaming polar bears or ravening timber wolves, just the final proof that our nation is now as soft as slush. Couldn't agree more. Britain under attack from 20 foreign spy agencies including France and Germany. And the Home Office is too incompetent to stop them. British teenagers have lower IQs than their counterparts did 30 years ago. The correct phrase is 'thick as s**t'. CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US. And an even bigger threat to ...

CIA Warns Barack Obama British Terrorists The Biggest Threat To US
Pat Dollard | Young AmericansTelegraph UK: Barack Obama has been warned by the CIA that British Islamist extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland security. By Tim Shipman American spy chiefs have told the President that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in the UK to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain. They believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under the visa waiver programme is the most likely source of another terrorist spectacular on American soil. Intelligence ...

Instahoglets Sunday Edition
Newshoggers.com — ... - According to neocon hack Tim Shipman in the UK's Daily Torygraph, the new central front in the War on (Some) Terror is Britain, from which most Islamic extremist threats to the US now come. (And most Islamic extremist threats to the UK come from Afghanistan/Pakistan because of US action in creating AQ and the Taliban in those former British colonies back in the 80's, but understanding causality chains isn't a wingnut strong point.) Wanna bet we see the problem treated as the law enforcement one we DFH's have been saying it is all along? No armed Predator drones ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 2/8/2009
Gates of Vienna — ... CIA Warns Barack Obama That British Terrorists Are the Biggest Threat to the US Barack Obama has been warned by the CIA that British Islamist extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland security. American spy chiefs have told the President that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in the UK to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain. They believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under the visa waiver programme is the most likely ...

The WonkLine: February 9, 2009
Wonk Room — ... The CIA has told the President that they have increased operations in the UK to prevent terrorist attacks being launched from Britain. ...

Will NSC Reorg Deal Realistically With Terrorist Threats?
Counterterrorism Blog — ... This news article was forwarded to me by one of the many folks I have been in touch with ever since I decided to attempt to provide my insights concerning immigration in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It appeared in a British-based newspaper, the Telegraph, and addresses two of the many areas of concern I have been hammering away at; the Visa Waiver Program and the lack of resources devoted to enforcing the immigration laws from within the interior of the United States. ...

Shaken, but not stirred
Belmont Club — ... writes, “magine a government that has lost such control over its country’s internal security that it is forced to invite in a foreign intelligence service to help prevent a disaster. That describes the situation in Great Britain, according to this report from the Telegraph .” American spy chiefs have told the President that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in the UK to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain. … Intelligence briefings for Mr Obama have detailed a dramatic escalation in American espionage in Britain, where the CIA has ...

Shaken, not stirred
Belmont Club — ... writes, “imagine a government that has lost such control over its country’s internal security that it is forced to invite in a foreign intelligence service to help prevent a disaster. That describes the situation in Great Britain, according to this report from the Telegraph .” American spy chiefs have told the President that the CIA has launched a vast spying operation in the UK to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks being launched from Britain. … Intelligence briefings for Mr Obama have detailed a dramatic escalation in American espionage in Britain, where the CIA has ...

Disgrace: Britiain bans Geert Wilders for being a security risk
Hot Air » Top Picks — Disgrace: Britiain bans Geert Wilders for being a security risk posted at 5:15 pm on February 10, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Believe it or not, he’d been invited by a member of the House of Lords to screen “Fitna” in Parliament . The outrage signal was promptly flashed by a British Muslim peer, who threatened to mobilize 10,000 of the UK’s highly mobilize-able Muslims to block the screening, and the invitation was duly rescinded , drawing this immortal quote from a member of the ...

The British Authorities Surrendering to Extremism
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe — ... Then consider this: a few days ago, The Telegraph revealed that nearly half of all CIA operations – aimed at protecting the US from another 9/11 – are now conducted inside Britain. The CIA has informed president Obama that the most likely source of a terrorist attack on the US is “British-born Pakistani extremist[s]” traveling to the US from the UK.   ...

Islamism, “Hate Speech,” and Jihad
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe — ... Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer has told The Sunday Telegraph that, “The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably al-Qaeda's best mechanism for launching an attack against North America.” A British intelligence source also told the newspaper that, “[…] a staggering four out of 10 CIA operations designed to thwart direct attacks on the US are now conducted against targets in Britain.” ...

Temporary Peace Trumps Freedom of Speech
Gates of Vienna — ... potential terrorists and thirteen thousand Al Qaeda sympathisers living in the UK, many of whom are earmarked for the export market (who says British manufacturing is dead) leading the CIA to devote an astonishing 40% of their anti-terrorist US homeland security operations against suspects not in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Waziristan, but in Britain itself — a country described by one CIA operative as “a swamp of Jihadis.” ...

British Foreign Secretary Justifies Terrorism
The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe — ... only a few months ago, so he is presumably a man with his finger on Britain’s pulse. He is surely aware that Britain has no less than 2,000 Islamist terrorists actively plotting within the borders of the United Kingdom. Just as he is surely aware that both the US and British intelligence agencies are also concerned about ...

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